Nippon Kaigi

Japan Conference
日本会議
ChairmanTomohiko Taniguchi
General SecretaryYuzo Kabashima
FounderKoichi Tsukamoto
Founded30 May 1997 (1997-05-30)
Merger ofNihon wo mamoru Kokumin Kaigi and Nihon wo mamoru Kai
HeadquartersVort Aobadai II, Aobadai, Meguro, Tokyo
Membershipc. 38,000 – 40,000 (2020 est.)[1]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[22]
ReligionShinto
AffiliationsNippon Kaigi National Lawmakers Friendship Association
Colours  Black
  Carmine
Website
www.nipponkaigi.org

Nippon Kaigi (日本会議; lit. 'Japan Conference')[23] is Japan's largest ultraconservative[24] and ultranationalist far-right[25] non-governmental organisation and lobbying group.[26] It was created in 1997 and has about 38,000 to 40,000 members as of 2020.[27]

The group is very influential in Japanese politics. Many ministers and a few prime ministers are included as members. Some prime ministers that have been members of the group include Sanae Takaichi,[28] Shigeru Ishiba,[29] Tarō Asō, Shinzō Abe, Fumio Kishida and Yoshihide Suga.[30]

References

  1. ↑ Wingfield-Hayes, Rupert (15 August 2020). "VJ Day: A WW2 hero and a reckoning with Japan's past". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "In rare move, court suspends publication of best-seller on Abe-linked conservative lobby group". The Japan Times. Kyodo. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2020. A Tokyo court has ordered a publisher to suspend publication of a best-selling nonfiction book detailing links between the conservative Japan Conference (Nippon Kaigi) lobby and a religious group, saying it contains defamatory information.
  3. ↑ Newsham, Grant (19 July 2016). "Japan's conservative Nippon Kaigi lobby: Worth worrying about?". Asia Times. Tokyo. Retrieved 5 June 2020. TOKYO–The recent spate of western media articles on Nippon Kaigi – a conservative Japanese lobbying group (and somewhat akin to a "Political Action Committee" in America) associated with Prime Minister Abe — suggests Japan is heading for a police state, and soon afterwards will be looking overseas for somewhere to invade.
  4. ↑ White, Stanley; Kajimoto, Tetsushi (12 March 2018). "Japan PM, finance minister under fire over suspected cover-up of cronyism". Reuters. Tokyo. Retrieved 5 June 2020. Also removed was a reference to ties by Abe and Aso to a conservative lobby group, Nippon Kaigi.
  5. ↑ [2][3][4]
  6. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Michael; Segawa, Makiko. "Shinzo Abe's killing brings to light Japan's unseen world of shadowy cults, healers and religious lobbyists". i news. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Mark, Craig (6 September 2021). "Who will replace Yoshihide Suga as Japan's prime minister? Here's a rundown of the candidates". The Conversation. Retrieved 12 August 2022. She is a member of the ultranationalist Nippon Kaigi organisation, which aims to restore the emperor to divine status, keep women at home, prioritise public order over civil liberties and rebuild Japan's armed forces.
  8. ↑ Steinbock, Dan (15 January 2019). "Japan's "Comfort Women": Asian Protests and Imperial Japan's Sexual Slavery". Foreign Policy Journal. Retrieved 12 August 2022. He belongs to the ultranationalist Nippon Kaigi, which seeks to re-militarize Japan and to revive Imperial Japan and which, among other things, vehemently denies Japan's "comfort women" history during World War II.
  9. ↑ "The Conversation: Assassination of Shinzo Abe leaves Japan reeling". New Zealand Herald. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  10. ↑ Arudou, Debito (31 July 2016). "For Abe, it will always be about the Constitution". The Japan Times. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  11. ↑ [7][8][9][10]
  12. ↑ Yamaguchi, Tomomi (2018). "Revisionism, Ultranationalism, Sexism: Relations Between the Far Right and the Establishment Over the 'Comfort Women' Issue". Social Science Japan Journal. 21 (2): 193–212. doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyy014. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  13. ↑ Larsson, Ernils (3 December 2014). "Abe's cabinet reshuffle reflects growing influence of the religious right". East Asia Forum. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  14. ↑ [12][13]
  15. ↑ Myles Carroll, ed. (2021). The Making of Modern Japan: Power, Crisis, and the Promise of Transformation. Brill Publishers. p. 205. ISBN 9789004466531. ... high degree of grassroots support from a number of nationalist and militaristic social groups such as the War Bereaved Association and Nippon Kaigi, ...
  16. ↑ Sohn, Yul; Pempel, T. J., eds. (2018). Japan and Asia's Contested Order: The Interplay of Security, Economics and Identity. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 148. ISBN 9789811302565 – via Google Books. the reactionary group Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference)—has been waging war over its shared past with China and South Korea on battlegrounds ranging from Yasukuni Shrine to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organisation (UNESCO).
  17. ↑ "Could Japan soon have a female leader? Sanae Takaichi emerges as a contender". The Japan Times. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021. Both have served as members of a nonpartisan group of lawmakers supporting far-right organisation Japan Conference (Nippon Kaigi).
  18. ↑ Steinbock, Dan (8 June 2021). "Fruity Indo-Pacific Politics: Or How Kishi Met Lorenzana – Analysis". Eurasia Review. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  19. ↑ Yoshio Sugimoto, ed. (2020). An Introduction to Japanese Society. Cambridge University Press. p. 242. ISBN 9781108724746. ... Nippon Kaigi Parts of the Japanese establishment have ties with a large far-right voluntary organisation, Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference), whose ranks include grassroots members across the nation as well as national and local ...
  20. ↑ Michael W. Apple, ed. (2009). Global Crises, Social Justice, and Education. Routledge. p. 69. ISBN 9781135172787. In 1997 nationalist intellectuals, politicians and religious leaders formed the largest far-right advocacy group, Japan Conference (Nippon kaigi), formed as a result of the merger between the two ...
  21. ↑ The Passenger, ed. (2020). The Passenger: Japan. Europa Editions. ISBN 9781609456429. Every year far-right nationalist groups – including Nippon Kaigi – private citizens and government officials visit the Yasukuni Shrine. Many wear uniforms or clothing linked to the Imperial Army and display the Japanese imperial flag.
  22. ↑ [17][18][19][20][21]
  23. ↑ "Right side up". The Economist. 4 June 2015.
  24. ↑
  25. ↑ Yoshio Sugimoto, ed. (2020). An Introduction to Japanese Society. Cambridge University Press. p. 242. ISBN 9781108724746. Parts of the Japanese establishment have ties with a large far-right voluntary organisation, Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference), whose ranks include grassroots members across the nation as well as national and local politicians...
  26. ↑ Nippon Kaigi: Empire, Contradiction and Japan's Future Archived 12 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Asia-Pacific Journal. Author – Sachie Mizohata. Published 1 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  27. ↑ "国民運動の歩み « 日本会議". www.nipponkaigi.org.
  28. ↑ "All about Sanae Takaichi, ultranationalist Abe protégé, now Japan's first woman PM". The Indian Express. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  29. ↑ Mark, Craig (2021-09-29). "Who is Fumio Kishida, Japan's new prime minister?". The Conversation. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  30. ↑ "Ishiba cannot rival Abe for Japan leadership yet". Oxford Analytica Daily Brief Service. Emerald Expert Briefings. oxan–db (oxan–db). 2017-08-04. doi:10.1108/OXAN-DB223607. Retrieved 27 September 2024.


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